RosieMaclennan

Canadian Olympic Athlete for Trampoline

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Karen Cockburn vividly recalls catching a glimpse of an eight-year-old Rosie MacLennan hanging around the Skyriders Trampoline Club in Toronto. “She was just, like, this little cute girl at my club that I thought was really good,’’ the three-time Olympic medallist was reminiscing Monday. “She got better and better. Then she made the junior team, […]

Like the youngest in many families, Rosie MacLennan often tagged along for the ride. With an older sister and two big brothers who were enrolled in a lot of activities, the King City native regularly found herself in gymnasiums, at swimming pools, and in other locations not of her own choosing. And, like many babies […]

Propelling oneself to such extreme heights and breathtaking acrobatics requires a trampolinist to be conditioned precisely and to be acutely aware of what each body part is doing at every instant. Feet hitting the trampoline bed at the wrong time, the wrong angle or with insufficient power won’t give the athlete enough air or velocity […]

Rosannagh MacLennan remembers when she was 10 years old watching Olympian Karen Cockburn train on the trampolines at Skyriders Trampoline Place. At the time, MacLennan said she was too nervous to go and speak with her role model in the sport. “As I grew up my mom would push me to talk to [Cockburn] and […]